I'm astonished the draconian Apple hasn't done anything about any of this.
Has anyone tried to report him at all? That's insane I wanna know what he's doing
People have been reporting him for years now, for all sorts of scams, taking people's games (Tshirtbooth amongst others on this forum) and uploading them to the App Store under his own name, 'selling' the rights to games (which might not have been his in the first place) for hundreds / thousands of dollars then once he has the money refusing to deliver the files unless he gets the same amount of cash again, if you complain he tells you to open up a dispute with PayPal (in the meantime he closes down his linked PayPal account and disappears with the cash) . . . this latest scheme is just one in a long line, he's a serial app schemer ! Because of his age (he's under 18) and the fact that he lives in another country (Canada?) it's hard to track him down / sue him / get your money back.
I highly doubt he is under 18. I would be astonished. More than likely some 40 year old virgin type living in a basement somewhere running scam after scam. Anyone a talented hacker or know one? Find him lol. I think a lot of angry people want to have a word with him.
Lol actually here is what I think Apple should do. Let him ride this out because he is probably dumping money into it to keep it afloat. After a month and before paying him, remove the game, ban his account, and withhold his "earnings". They can claim he violated TOU.
Then this fishy scum bag might come out of hiding to try and sue Apple. When he does all those who have been lining up to sue him will have him out in the open. Smoke this SOB out of hiding lol.
I'm astonished the draconian Apple hasn't done anything about any of this.
Has anyone tried to report him at all? That's insane I wanna know what he's doing
People have been reporting him for years now, for all sorts of scams, taking people's games (Tshirtbooth amongst others on this forum) and uploading them to the App Store under his own name, 'selling' the rights to games (which might not have been his in the first place) for hundreds / thousands of dollars then once he has the money refusing to deliver the files unless he gets the same amount of cash again, if you complain he tells you to open up a dispute with PayPal (in the meantime he closes down his linked PayPal account and disappears with the cash) . . . this latest scheme is just one in a long line, he's a serial app schemer ! Because of his age (he's under 18) and the fact that he lives in another country (Canada?) it's hard to track him down / sue him / get your money back.
I highly doubt he is under 18. I would be astonished. More than likely some 40 year old virgin type living in a basement somewhere running scam after scam. Anyone a talented hacker or know one? Find him lol. I think a lot of angry people want to have a word with him.
Actually I think back in the day @tshirtbooth tracked him down and called his parents. He was like 14 at the time I think.
But yea. He had a history of buying templates, taking free Templars, stealing games from the old version of the arcade and then trying to PM people and sell the whole lot of them for like $200.
He'd also publish templates trying to make a buck.
Mateen is a con artist. Everytime he was banned he came back for awhile.
Only good thing is of he ever applies for a job and they google his name all this stuff will come up.
What ever panned out from that? Did he talk to them? Honestly should get Tshirtbooth to post his address on the forums with pissed off people. Let them all go there and sue his parent into oblivion for allowing this. They are either the worlds most oblivious parents or are accomplices.
It's my first post on the forum and have a newbie question. I've been reading this thread about the Red Ball game and there has been some real negativity here. Putting aside the past behaviours of the creator I have a question about the use of templates.
I have been looking at a few SDKs for beginners and GameSalad seems well supported. But if I was to build a game for public sale using a template is this regarded as wrong, immoral or scamming? Aren't they allowed to be used this way?
Also on visiting the forums I'm getting a hack warning "You attempted to reach forums.gamesalad.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as *.vanillaforums.com..." Is this normal?
I have been looking at a few SDKs for beginners and GameSalad seems well supported. But if I was to build a game for public sale using a template is this regarded as wrong, immoral or scamming? Aren't they allowed to be used this way?
Also on visiting the forums I'm getting a hack warning "You attempted to reach forums.gamesalad.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as *.vanillaforums.com..." Is this normal?
No, it is not wrong to publish a game made from a template. It is wrong to resell that template as your own.
I believe that the error is normal since the forums are hosted by vanilla.
It's my first post on the forum and have a newbie question. I've been reading this thread about the Red Ball game and there has been some real negativity here. Putting aside the past behaviours of the creator I have a question about the use of templates.
I have been looking at a few SDKs for beginners and GameSalad seems well supported. But if I was to build a game for public sale using a template is this regarded as wrong, immoral or scamming? Aren't they allowed to be used this way?
Also on visiting the forums I'm getting a hack warning "You attempted to reach forums.gamesalad.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as *.vanillaforums.com..." Is this normal?
The negativity is not towards the Templet use or there use at all thats what there for, it's how this app made it too the Top in 1 day after being on the app store for a year.
I really don't understand how you can climb up the charts.. especially if it costs a dollar to download.. nothing makes sense!
It only costs him 30 cents to download . . . the theory is if you spend enough money getting an app into the top 10, then the inertia of genuine sales (sales by people who buy it because it must be a great game being in the top 10) takes you passed your initial outlay and into profit.
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You really shouldn't spread rumors.
Then this fishy scum bag might come out of hiding to try and sue Apple. When he does all those who have been lining up to sue him will have him out in the open. Smoke this SOB out of hiding lol.
But yea. He had a history of buying templates, taking free Templars, stealing games from the old version of the arcade and then trying to PM people and sell the whole lot of them for like $200.
He'd also publish templates trying to make a buck.
Mateen is a con artist. Everytime he was banned he came back for awhile.
Only good thing is of he ever applies for a job and they google his name all this stuff will come up.
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It's my first post on the forum and have a newbie question. I've been reading this thread about the Red Ball game and there has been some real negativity here. Putting aside the past behaviours of the creator I have a question about the use of templates.
I have been looking at a few SDKs for beginners and GameSalad seems well supported. But if I was to build a game for public sale using a template is this regarded as wrong, immoral or scamming? Aren't they allowed to be used this way?
Also on visiting the forums I'm getting a hack warning "You attempted to reach forums.gamesalad.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as *.vanillaforums.com..." Is this normal?
I believe that the error is normal since the forums are hosted by vanilla.
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